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Nov 23, 2008 04:30 AM

WAISTED, adj.:
what overeaters become. Example: "Man, did I ever get waisted at the buffet last night!" (Roy Robertson, Toronto)

CLAPATHY, n.:
what an audience feels when it grows weary of clapping." Example: "I applauded at the beginning, but that grad ceremony went on so long, I got clapathy." (www.urbandictionary.com)

MONOTASKING, n.:
"performing one task at a time." (www.wordspy.com)

MONONYMOUS, adj.:
being so famous, you need use only one name (e.g. Madonna). (www.wordspy.com)

BARMUDA TRIANGLE, n.:
"a concentration of bars or nightclubs on a street, at an intersection, or in a neighbourhood." (www.doubletongued.org)

OMNIVOLENT, adj.:
"uncertain about absolutely everything; hesitant to move in any direction at all." (www.unwords.com)

PRESENTEEISM, n.: the condition that arises when employees are so worried about their jobs that they won't take any time off. (buzzwhack.com)

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